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SHANNON, Truman Andrews - Date of
birth
15 August 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-733737 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
26 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Maurice Shannon (father)
Ethel (Andrews) Shannon (mother)
Numan Shannon (brother)
Mary Shannon (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30608 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1386
More information
Truman A. Shannon was an architect.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 11 March 1942.
The existing reports are conflicting but show that anti-aircraft fire was heavy and that there were German fighters in the area, but no one saw the airplane go down. It is assumed that it crashed into the North Sea. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, MACR, www.ancestry.com - Dunkirk Evening Observer - 8 December 1942 / Cook County, Birth Certificate Index
Photo source: Jac Engels, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 42-K, Sequoia Field, Visalia, California.